Retain my office to assist in selling your home with PropertyShop.ca. By using PropertyShop.ca, you'll save on commissions(!) and be in control of the whole sale process while letting my office assist throughout. You'll be able to put many pictures of your home up on PropertyShop.ca's website for all potential purchasers to see! And you'll get your own lawn sign! And best of all, I'll be there to guide you throughout the process, from beginning to end, including negotiating the sale price with the purchasers! Let my office help you sell your home!

 

But if selling your home by yourself isn't for you, there's always the traditional method of selling your home, which starts with retaining a real estate agent, and then:

1) If you haven't already signed an Agreement of Purchase and Sale, your real estate agent should make your Agreement of Purchase and Sale "Conditional Upon Lawyer's Review" and you should retain my services to review and advise of any amendments or revisions that I believe should be put into the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. If your Agreement of Purchase and Sale is not Conditional Upon Lawyer's Review, you should still have my office review it, albeit after the fact, to advise you of any problems that the I believe may occur.

2) If any chattels/fixtures that are being sold with the house are being financed (eg: appliances, hot water tank, tankless water heater), please note that they will have to be paid out from the proceeds of the sale unless they are negotiated in the sale price.

3) If you have an alarm service (or any other service) that is under contract, your should advise your real estate agent to negotiate with the purchasers to assume the service contract, failing which, you will have to pay the cancellation fees associated with cancelling the service contract early.

4) Once the deal is firm, you or your agent should fax a copy of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale to my office.

5) You should contact all service providers, including utility companies, and advise them of the sale date and new owners names.

My services include, but are not limited to:

• Advising on the Agreement of Purchase and Sale;
  
  
• Drafting the required legal documents that are necessary for the sale; and
  
  
• Ensuring the sale runs as smoothly as possible given your particular set of circumstances.
  
  

I shall require the following:

• Your most recent property tax bill prior to our meeting.
  
  
• A copy of your mortgage statement(s) and/or line of credit statement(s) prior to our meeting. This is required so that my office can order a Discharge Statement from your mortgage lender. Please note that upon discharge, mortgage lenders generally have the option to charge you (by tacking it onto your outstanding mortgage amount) the greater of a penalty of three months' interest or the interest rate differential. For more information on the interest rate differential, please click here.
  
  
• 3 of the following 4 pieces of identification: Drivers License, Passport, SIN and/or Birth Certificate to be brought to our meeting.
  
  
• A (set of) key(s) to the property to be brought to our meeting.
  
  
• Any survey that you agreed to remit to the purchasers.
  
  
• Any Tarion forms or other warranties that you agreed to remit to the purchasers.
  
  
• Alarm Codes, Garage Codes and mailbox keys.